SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An influential American consumer magazine listed a number of TVs made by LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. on the Best Big-Screen TV list. U.S. Consumer Reports recommended 11 TVs with a 70-inch screen or larger, sorting them into categories of ‘top-performing’, ‘mid-priced’ and ‘lower-priced’ based on the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global TV sales fell more than 6 percent from a year ago in the first half of this year on slow demand and macroeconomic woes, research showed Tuesday, as Samsung Electronics remained the top player in the TV segment. In global markets, 92.6 million units of TVs were sold, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of time Koreans spend watching TV programs on smartphones has dropped sharply compared to a year ago, indicative of an increase in socializing resulting from the gradual return to normal life, a media regulation agency said Sunday. The amount of time South Koreans spent watching 28 channel [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two-thirds of South Koreans regard smartphones as an essential part of their everyday lives, a poll showed Tuesday. The Korea Information Society Development Institute conducted a survey of 6,834 South Korean men and women over 13 years of age from 4,236 households, which showed that 70.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase a visual archive of the 20th century through its “The Frame,” a premium TV which comes with stylish frame-like design to display artwork or photos when not in use. The tech giant said it had formed a partnership with the LIFE Picture Collection to [...]
PAJU, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Paju city government in Gyeonggi Province has launched a pilot project to monitor the safety of its elderly citizens by analyzing their TV watching patterns through TV rating equipment, as part of efforts to respond to dementia and solitary death issues. In collaboration with the Papyeong-myeon district office [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a brand-new LG OLED Objet Collection model that was created by adding an innovative design factor even to the rear, thereby breaking away from standardized TV design. The brand-new model has a U-shaped rear side, with the hollow space functioning as a bookshelf [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will release a new model of the LG Room & TV, a dual-purpose product that can be used as smart TV and computer monitor. The new model is easy to install and move since it integrates a 27-inch IPS display with FHD (1,920 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A host of premium TV models made by South Korean companies are included in the list of TVs recommended as best buys by a U.S. consumer advocacy magazine. Consumer Reports recently selected Samsung Electronics Co.’s 75-inch Neo QLED TV (75QN85) and LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED TV (77CX) as its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With the year-end shopping season close at hand, South Korea’s major TV manufacturers are going all-out to strengthen their appeal to the consumers who are opting for larger TVs. According to the U.S. website of Samsung Electronics Co., the company’s mini LED TV 8K Neo QLED TV is now selling [...]